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Email: neil@greyletter.com


Portland, Maine

207 200 3470

Neil Patel is the designer behind Tetradtype, an independent digital type foundry that crafts custom and retail fonts for creatives. Before founding Tetradtype in 2009, Neil spent a decade working as a semiconductor process engineer specializing in sub-micron printing—an experience that compels him to balance the aesthetic with the technical. 

EULA

Greyletter standard Font EULA

Standard EULA

Greyletter License (single/multiuser)

End User License Agreement

This License Agreement (“Agreement”) is a legal contract between you and Greyletter. As with all font purchases, either directly from the foundry or through a distributor, you are purchasing the right to use the Font Software (“Font”) under certain conditions. Downloading, installing or using Greyletter Fonts indicates your confirmation that you understand and agree to the terms of this Agreement, and that you have the authority to bind the person or entity specified on your sales receipt (“Licensee”) to the terms of this Agreement.


1. GRANT OF LICENSE
Upon payment in full, Greyletter grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use our Fonts under the following terms and conditions outline in section 3. Licensee agrees not to duplicate, reproduce, sell, transfer, license, or otherwise distribute the Font Software in any form, except as expressly provided herein. Licensee agrees not to decompile, modify, reformat, translate, reverse-engineer or otherwise discover the source code of the Font Software. Licensee agrees not to make, or authorize or commission others to make, any additions, deletions or modifications to, or derivative works or fonts based on or substantially similar to, the Font Software without the prior written consent of Greyletter. Licensee agree not to alter Greyletter’s copyright notices as contained in the Font Software.


2. ACCEPTANCE AND TERMINATION
This Agreement is shall be effective upon installation of the Font. Greyletter may terminate this Agreement for any material breach of this Agreement by Licensee upon thirty (30) days written notice to Licensee. The written notice shall identify the alleged breach(es) by Licensee and request a cure. If Licensee fails to cure the breach(es) within the thirty (30) day period, this Agreement shall automatically terminate. Upon termination of this Agreement for any reason, Licensee is required to return all original Font Software and any accompanying written material to Greyletter. Licensee shall also destroy all copies of the Font Software and certify to Greyletter that all copies of the Font Software have been destroyed. In the event of termination due to breach by Licensee, nothing herein shall be construed as a waiver of any of Greyletter’s rights or remedies under Equity or Law.


3. PERMITTED USES AND RESTRICTIONS:
3a) Installation
The Font may be installed and used on the number of computing devices listed on the sales receipt that belong to the Licensee. Under no circumstances may the licensed Font be shared with affiliates or stored in a manner that makes the Font accessible to the public or non-licensed third parties.


3b) Service Bureau/Printer
Commercial printers or service bureaus may be provided a copy of the specified Font on a per-project basis. Afterwards, the printer or service bureau must destroy the copies of the Font.
3c) Back-up Copies


A reasonable number of copies of the Font Software may be made for back-up purposes. Copies must contain the same documentation, copyright, trademark, and other proprietary notices that appear on, in or with the Font.


3d) Hardware and Software
This License expressly prohibits the embedding, inclusion, calling or linking of the Font Software within hardware and software in any form whatsoever. This includes, but is not limited to CSS rule @font-face linking, video games, server-side applications, online document creation, mobile apps and OEM products or software. If Licensee wishes to use the Font for such purposes, a separate license is available from Greyletter or authorized affiliates. Notwithstanding, rasterized images of limited text and/or logos created using the Font Software are permitted. Embedding the Font in digital documents is permitted providing the Font is subset and that reasonable measures are taken to ensure recipients of such documents cannot extract or use the embedded Font.

3e) Alphabet/Letterform Products
You many not use the Fonts, or the designs embedded within, on any alphabet or letterform-related products, or letterform creation products or devices, without first obtaining written permission from Greyletter. This includes but is not limited to scrap-booking and signage products that involve the reproduction of individual letterforms.


4. RIGHTS
4a) No Transfer of Rights
Licensee shall not sell, lease, sublicense, allow to use, or otherwise assign or transfer any of Licensee’s rights, duties or obligations under this Agreement, in whole or in part, to any person or entity. Without limiting the foregoing, Font Software licensed for use by a specific entity shall not be transferred to or used by other entities owned or managed by a common corporate parent, and/or affiliated with the specific entity to which this license has been granted, without the purchase of an additional license from Greyletter.


4b)Rights Reserved
Licensee agree that the Fonts and the design of the Fonts embodied therein are owned by Greyletter and the Fonts’ structure, organization and code are the valuable trade secrets of Greyletter. Licensee acknowledges that the Fonts are, among other means, protected under United States trademark and/or copyright law, by the trademark and/or copyright and design laws of other nations, and by international treaties. All rights not expressly granted under this License are reserved to Greyletter.


5. WARRANTIES AND LIMITATIONS
5a) Greyletter represents and warrants that the Fonts will perform substantially in accordance with the representations made herein. To make a warranty claim, Licensee must notify Greyletter in writing. If the Font does not perform substantially in accordance with the representations, the entire and exclusive liability and remedy shall be limited to the replacement of the Font Software or the refund of the license fee paid for the Font.


5b) GREYLETTER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS AND IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. GREYLETTER DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE OPERATION OF THE FONT WILL BE UNIMPEDED, UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT THE FONTS ARE WITHOUT DEFECTS. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL GREYLETTER BE LIABLE TO LICENSEE OR ANY OTHER PARTY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, FOR ANY SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, LOST SAVING, LOSS OF DATA, SAVINGS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE FONTS EVEN IF NOTIFIED IN ADVANCE OF SUCH POSSIBILITY.


6. CHOICE OF LAW
Licensee expressly agrees that this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Maine, USA, as they apply to contracts wholly performed therein and without respect to its conflict of laws provisions or the conflict of laws provisions of any other jurisdiction. Licensee expressly submits to the jurisdiction of the state and federal courts in the forum selected by Greyletter for the purposes of resolving any dispute arising under this Agreement and Licensee expressly waives all defenses arising out of the selection of the jurisdiction and forum elected by Greyletter for the resolution of any dispute and agree to service of process by mail. Licensee hereby expressly agrees that the application of the United Nations Convention of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is expressly excluded. This Agreement may only be modified in writing, signed by an authorized officer of Greyletter.


7. MISCELLANEOUS
This Agreement represents the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement between Licensee and Greyletter and it supersedes any proposal or prior agreement, oral or written, and any other communications relating to the subject matter of this Agreement. No variation of the terms of this Agreement or any different terms will be enforceable against Greyletter in the absence of an express written amendment or consent, including a written express waiver of the affected terms of this Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect, and the invalid provision shall be replaced by Greyletter with a provision that effects the intent of the invalid provision.

Contact:

Greyletter
61 Pleasant St, Studio 102B
Portland, ME 04101

207 200 3470

http://www.greyletter.com

neil@greyletter.com